Yemeni stokists have delayed purchases of Turkish rebars Long products / Middle East Yemeni stockists are thinking over the import rebar purchases to be ready to meet the upswing of demand after Ramadan. But Turkish rebar sellers are sending offers by $30/t higher than last week...
30.7.2010 18:54
Prices for Chinese HRC grow to Vietnam Flat Products / South East Asia Chinese suppliers of HR flats to Vietnam encouraged by a slight recovery in demand and citing increasing spot quotes of ...
Turkey: export rebar prices rise again Long products / Turkey As predicted, Turkish exporters of longs have raised export rebar prices for the second time ...
CIS longs and billet exporters heat up market by price increases (Editor's Choice) Billet & Longs / CIS Exporters of CIS square billet continue to follow the upward trend. In particular, offer prices at Caspian and Black Sea ports have risen by $10-20/t over the week. Sellers agree that market conditions will improve in September after the end of Ramadan and holidays in Europe ...
30.7.2010 18:25
Vietnam: Chinese HRC prices increase. Russian HRC to follow? Flat Products / South East Asia The Vietnamese market for flat products is seeing a slight increase in demand. Chinese sellers have taken advantage of it and lifted prices, referring to growing iron ore prices in ...
Vietnamese longs prices keep growing Billet & Longs / South East Asia Vietnamese producers of longs are pushing for domestic price increases, citing higher costs of import square billet amid moderate stocks. In particular, the upper end of the price range ...
Czech longs market still weak Long products / Central Europe The Czech long product market is showing no signs of recovery. Although stocks are rather low in the country, demand for the products is very sluggish. Besides, traders are uninterested in ...
30.7.2010 17:07
Slovakia: foreign longs suppliers dictate their rules Long products / Central Europe Conditions in the Slovak longs market remain unfavourable. Demand from end-users is quite low, and only a couple of construction projects are expected in the future. However, stockists have been inspired to start purchasing ...
Tagmet (Russia) cuts seamless pipe shipments in July Tubes & Pipes / CIS Russia's Taganrog Steel Works (Tagmet) has lowered shipments of seamless pipes in July by 3-7%, to 40,000-42,000 tonnes, according to preliminary data ...
30.7.2010 15:19
Brazilian flats exporters reach deals Flat Products / Brazil Brazilian suppliers of flats, being afraid of overloaded stocks amid seasonal plunge in domestic buying activity, have increased ...
Brazil: domestic and export flats prices follow different trends Flat Products / Brazil Despite the seasonal slackening of buying activity in the domestic market of Brazil, local flats producers, including Usiminas, have announced a rise in domestic prices, citing ...
30.7.2010 14:30
US: coking coal prices move downwards Coke&Coal / USA Most US coking coal suppliers have trimmed prices again in the absence of demand from Asian importers of the material. At the moment, prices for high-quality hard coking coal from the USA ...
30.7.2010 14:18
CIS scrap exports: situation favourable to suppliers in late July Scrap / CIS The situation in the scrap market is favourable to Russian and Ukrainian exporters in the last days of July. In response to improved demand from Turkish steelmakers, which have decided to continue purchasing import material after the week-long break, they have raised prices again ...
ChMK (Russia) continues to upgrade steelmaking complex Steel Semis / CIS Russia's Chelyabinsk Steel Works (ChMK) continues to implement investment projects to modernize its steelmaking complex and to increase its capacity ...
30.7.2010 13:28
Novorosmetall (Russia) raises semis production Steel Semis / CIS Russia's Novorosmetall plans to inch up production of merchant square billet in August. In general, it intends to put out about ...
30.7.2010 13:04
Turkey: scrap suppliers continue to be bullish Scrap / Turkey Turkish market for import scrap has been rallying in the past week. The pause in purchases lasted for a mere one week, following which buying activity bounced back. Suppliers have taken over the initiative after having played the minor part in negotiations for the past two months ...
30.7.2010 12:50
Russia, Ukraine: merchant billet production stays low Steel Semis / CIS CIS producers are keeping exports of semis at low levels. Metal Expert estimates the July export supply of merchant square billet produced at Russian mills is expected at ...
30.7.2010 12:34
Demand for flats sluggish in Lebanon and Jordan Flat Products / Middle East Demand for flats in Lebanon and Jordan is still soft. Lebanese stockists report large inventories at rather high prices at that, so they plan to start active purchasing not earlier than in ...
